Ice cabinet



P. H. CHRISTOPHER 1,828,996

ICE CABINET Filed July 6, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l ocr. 27, 1931.-

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Oct. 27, 1931.

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Patented oct. 27, 1931 UNITED) sTATr-:s

lm'ri-:iaif golii-sica PHILIP H. CHRISTOPHER, OF FAIRMONT WEST VIRGINIA ICE CABINET applicati@ mea my e, 1929.- seriai No. 376,469;

*I 7,. provide an ice cabinet which is particularly effective in its construct-ion, in which the packing cans containing the products to be preserved and the ice cans are thoroughly insulated from outside air, and further which ii is so constructed as to permit the ready re.-

moval of the contents of the packing cans or ice cream cans without causing any loss of cold air from the interior of the cabinet. Such structure, however, permits the ready i; removal of the packing cans when 'desired and also permits the easy removal of the ice cans for replenishment from time to time.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

:n My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation of an ice box constructed in accordance with my invention;

: 3 Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1; f

Figure 3 is a section onthe line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary section on the :Io line 4 4 of Figure 3.

It will be seen from Figures 2, 3 and 4, that the ice box is provided with four walls, a. front wall, a rear Wall and ktwo end walls and also with a bottom wall and a top wall 223 having openings for the insertion of the cans for containing the material to be preserved.

The end walls, the rear wall and the front wall have substantially the same construction. The frame includes the corner post 2J supporting the upper and lower rectangular 17 floor boards resting upon the frame beams 11. 'Below the double floor boards 13 and spaced ytherefrom is a lower floor board 14 and the space between the floor boards 13 and the floor 14 islined with building paper designated 15 and this space is filled with cork insulation 16. A drain tube 17- extends downward through this floor and discharges through the lower floor boards 14 into any suitable receptacle. The rear, side and end Walls as shown in Figures 2, 3 and 4 are formed of an outer layer of veneer 18, a layer of wood 19 disposed inward of the veneer, two half inch wooden partitionsv 2O spaced from each other and from the outside wooden layer lor wall 19 and from an inside layer or wooden-.wall 21. Between the boards 2O is disposed a filling of granulated cork 22.y Thespaces between the boards 2Or and the'boards 19 and 21 are covered with building paper 23 and lled with granulated cork 24 constituting insulating material. The front wall oi' the ice chest or cabinet is formed with an opening. 25 .normally closed by a door 26 which is likewise made of wood and so formed as t0 provide an interior space which is lined with building paper 27 and filled with comminuted cork or other cork insulation'28. The top board 29 of the ice chest or cabinet extends over the beams 13 and the top is formed by this top board 29, a lower board 30 defining a space which is lined with building Vaper designated 31 andy filled with cork insu ation designated 32. The top .of the cabinet is cut away at a plurality of points shown ported in spaced relation to the bottom, top

and side walls of the cabinet or chest. Each of the .openings 37 through which the cans are inserted is closed by the cover or lid designated generally 38 which is formed of wood, met-al or other suitable material having an interior space lined with building paper 39 and filled with cork insulation 40. By providing the flanges 34 and 35 not only is the can supported in spaced relation to the wall and ioor of the cabinet but an air-tight seal is formed between the shoulder 84 and the iiange 35 which permits, when the cover 38 has been removed, the contents of the can to be readily removed without allowing any escape of the cold air from the interior of the cabinet. This I regard as a very important feature of the invention, as in other devices within the cabinet between the packing cans, the ice cans having a length nearly equal to the width of the interior of the cabinet and being approximately rectangular in cross section, the confronting faces of the cans being concave, and means for supporting said cans in spaced relation to the floor of said cabinet.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aliix my signature.

PHILIP H. CHRISTOPHER.

known to me the ice is packed around the cans and when the lid is taken ofi of the cans, cold air escapes. Between the two rows of cans 33, are disposed the ice cans ll shown as two in number. These ice cans are approximately rectangular in form and having a length nearly equal to the width of the interior chamber of the ice chest and the confronting faces of these cans are inwardly curved or bowed as at 42. These ice cans are disposed within the ice chest through the door 26 in the front of the ice chest and rest upon rollers 43 which may rest upon the Hoor of the ice chest or be otherwise mounted.

One of the advantages of my invention resides in the fact that the icing chamber is disposed in the middle of the refrigerator, thus securing greater compactness and better air circulation. By having a concave wall formed on the confronting faces of the. ice cans, an air space is left between the cans, but on the other hand if the cans are turned back to back, the concave walls of the cans will increase the air space on the outsides of the cans and around the food containing cans. The object of having the drainage opening 17 is to provide for the removal of water which may be accidently spilled into the refrigerator without the necessity of removing the ice containers. The cans removed are slid in and out on porcelain rollers operating over an iron track.

In the ordinary ice chest, the ice is packed around the food containing cans, While in my ice chest the ice is packed at the middle in portable cans, thus securing betteriair circulation and better economy.

I claim An ice cabinet of the character described, having side walls, a bottom and a top wall of heat insulating material, there being openings in the top wall adjacent the end walls of the cabinet within which openings packing cans may be disposed, covers of insulating material for said openings, packing cans insertable through said openings, the wall of the opening and the wall of the packing can being so formed that the cans are supported in spaced relation to the inner surfaces of the walls of the ice cabinet, ice cans disposed IDU IRP 

